Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Three of House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi's closest friends and business associates received more than $1.8 million in previously undisclosed payments from a computer software company and its sales agent, according to the state inspector general, in a secretive lobbying effort that coincided with the award of multimillion-dollar contracts from the state.
WBJournal.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
State House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi said he may file a bill to give the state greater power to site new energy plants.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Secretary of State William Galvin yesterday said he will investigate payments to friends and associates of House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi by a Burlington software company to determine whether the associates violated state law by not reporting more than $1.8 million in lobbying fees.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
he national economic crisis is battering the Massachusetts state budget, forcing Beacon Hill politicians and their top fiscal experts to sit down and make tough decisions about where to cut. Governor Deval Patrick is expected this week to spell out his plan for hundreds of millions of dollars in reductions from the current $28.2 billion budget, after consultations with House Speaker Salvatore...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... and other municipal officials. Patrick has not ruled out making such cuts, and House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi said this week that while reducing local aid is a "last resort," cities and towns should prepare to cut their budgets.On another front, state officials said yesterday that the state's pension fund has taken some big hits from the falling stock market, losing 14.9 percent...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... yesterday that he was shifting his support to Chang-Díaz. In addition to Patrick, House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, state Representative Byron Rushing, and John Walsh, the state Democratic Party chairman, appeared in support of Chang-Díaz at the Harriet Tubman House in the South End. Socialist Workers Party candidate William Theodore Leonard also is on the ballot for the seat.19-year-old...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... may be at risk."Municipalities across Massachusetts should be concerned," House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi said yesterday. Although local aid cuts will be a "last resort," he said, "I think they should be prepared."Local officials are already fretting over that possibility. In Boston, the City Council is planning to call today for a hearing on the city's financial state."Government...
